A federal judge in Detroit is to resume a hearing Tuesday on a bid by unions to prevent the state of Michigan and city of Detroit from signing a consent agreement.
The Detroit City Council is considering a proposed deal this afternoon, but a coalition of unions representing city employees allege in court filings that any deal will violate their rights under the U.S. and Michigan constitutions.
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State lawyers also argue that no existing contract would be impaired if the City Council agrees with Snyder’s urging and does not ratify union concessions agreed to between the unions and Mayor Dave Bing.
“Until the city formally ratifies the proposed contract and executes the agreement with the unions, there is no contractual obligation to be impaired,” the state lawyers argued in court filings.

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Council President Charles Pugh said the body would deal with the tentative agreements today.
"You have negotiated in good faith and opened up the contracts and sacrificed in the name of the city," he said. "If were doing this for money reasons, then let's deal with the money. At some point today we will deal with that and figure out how we're moving forward, because I think it's disrespectful."]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/03/detroit-consent-agreement-vote-city-council_n_1399133.html#2_unions-seeking-federal-injunction-to-stop-consent-agreement2012-04-03T10:33:31-04:00Huffingtonpost.comhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/03/detroit-consent-agreement-vote-city-council_n_1399133.html#1_vote-could-come-this-afternoon
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